The so-called “Central Park Five”—the five young Black and Hispanic men wrongfully convicted of raping and brutally assaulting a jogger in Central Park in 1989—agreed to a settlement with the city of New York for $40 million, meaning each of them will get $1 million for every year they spent in jail for a… Continue reading NYC Settles with ‘Central Park Five’ for $40M After Wrongful Conviction Central Park Five during 1990 trial
